Can the subaltern sing? Music, language, and the politics of voice in early twentieth-century south India

The Indian Economic and Social History Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-511

  Weidman, Amanda ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 31944445247     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001946460504200404     Document Type: Article

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